1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1950
| team = Franklin & Marshall Diplomats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 9–0
| head_coach = S. Woodrow Sponaugle
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Williamson Field
}}
{{1950 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. It played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
During the team's third season under head coach S. Woodrow Sponaugle, the Diplomats compiled a 9–0 record.{{cite web|title=Franklin & Marshall Game by Game Results|publisher=Franklin & Marshall University|accessdate=May 22, 2023|url=https://www.godiplomats.com/sports/m-footbl/Career_Stats/Game-by-Game.pdf}} It was the first perfect season in the school's history. Additional perfect seasons followed in 1964, 1972, and 1974.
Franklin & Marshall's Charles Cope was selected as the center on the 1950 Little All-America college football team.{{cite news|title=F&M's Charley Cope Lands Center Berth On AP's Little All-America Team|newspaper=Daily Intelligencer Journal|date=December 5, 1950|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/intelligencer-journal-fms-charley-cope/125217691/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 23|vs|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen|title=Lebanon Valley}}|Hershey Stadium|Hershey, PA (Hershey Chocolate Bowl)|W 13-7|9,000|{{cite news|title=F&M Beats Lebanon Valley In Grid Opener: Dips Edge Dutchmen By 13 To 7 Score|newspaper=The Sunday News|date=September 24, 1950|page=33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-fm-beats-lebanon-valley-in/125219019/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 30|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|title=Johns Hopkins}}|Homewood Field|Baltimore, MD|W 20-14||{{cite news|title=Franklin And Marshall Rallies To Defeat Johns Hopkins Eleven, 20-14|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 1, 1950|page=Sports 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-franklin-and-marshall/125219302/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Dickinson Red Devils|title=Dickinson}}|Biddle Field|Carlisle, PA|W 7-0|5,000|{{cite news|title=F&M Eleven Nips Dickinson, 7-0: Diplomats Score 3rd Straight Win|newspaper=The Sunday News|date=October 8, 1950|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-fm-eleven-nips-dickinson-7/125218744/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 14||{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Western Maryland Green Terror|title=Western Maryland}}|Williamson Field|Lancaster, PA|W 25-0|6,000|{{cite news|title=F&M Blasts Western Maryland, 25 to 0|newspaper=The Sunday News|author=George Kirchner|date=October 15, 1950|page=34|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-fm-blasts-western-maryland/125218460/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21||{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Albright Lions|title=Albright}}
|October 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Swarthmore Garnet Tide|title=Swarthmore}}||Swarthmore, PA|W 41-0||{{cite news|title=F&M Blasts Swarthmore For Sixth In Row: Tullai Again Hurt As Dips Romp, 41-0|newspaper=The Sunday News|author=George Kirchner|date=October 29, 1950|pages=30, 32|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-fm-blasts-swarthmore-for-si/125218194/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 4||{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Ursinus Bears|title=Ursinus}}|Williamson Field|Lancaster, PA|W 39-0|4,000|{{cite news|title=Lowder Paces F.&M. To 7th Straight Win: Dips Easily Brush Aside Ursinus, 39-0|newspaper=The Sunday News|date=November 5, 1950|page=36|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-lowder-paces-fm-to-7th-st/125211936/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 11|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Washington & Jefferson Presidents|title=Washington & Jefferson}}||Washington, PA|W 34-0|3,000|{{cite news|title=F&M Blasts W&J, 34-0, For Eighth Straight: Dips Blank Foes Sixth Game In Row|newspaper=The Sunday News|author=George Kirchner|date=November 12, 1950|page=32|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-fm-blasts-wj-34-0-for-ei/125218004/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 23||{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Gettysburg Bullets|title=Gettysburg}}|Williamson Field|Lancaster, PA|W 59-20|13,000|{{cite news|title=13,000 See F&M Rout Gettysburg, 59-20: Dips Wind Up First Perfect Grid Season|newspaper=Intelligencer Daily Journal|author=Harold J. Eager|date=November 24, 1950 |page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/intelligencer-journal-13000-see-fm-rou/125212221/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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